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Thirdly, this proposal risks taking a Dangerous Dogs Bill approach to regulation. Just as breed-specific legislation failed because it focused on the type of dog rather than dangerous behaviour, the Australian ban focuses on categories rather than risk. Because it is tied to the specific purpose of social interaction, the Australian ban currently excludes high-risk environments such as Roblox, Discord and many AI chatbots, even though children spend a large amount of time on those platforms. An arbitrary list based on what platforms do will not deal with the core issue of harm. The Molly Rose Foundation has rightly warned that this simply risks migrating bad actors, groomers and violent groups from banned platforms to permitted ones, and we will end up playing whack-a-mole with children’s safety. Our amendment is designed precisely to address that.